Luella A. Dalton Collection
Scope and Content
Material in the Luella A. Dalton collection contains the manuscripts and notes for her book History of the Iron County Mission and Parowan, the Mother Town, as well as personal documents and notes relating to her personal and family life.
Dates
- Creation: 1840-2001
Access:
Unrestricted access.
Use:
The Luella A. Dalton Collection is the physical property of the Gerald R. Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the library for information regarding specific use of this collection.
Biographical Information
Luella Adams Dalton was a native of Parowan, Utah, and the founder and first president of the Elizabeth Camp, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. As DUP president, Mrs. Dalton worked to collect pioneer stories of Parowan and Iron County, a project which continued for over forty years.
During the Depression, Mrs. Dalton worked on the WPA project of the Utah State Historical Society, collecting historical information and copying old records at the Iron County Court House. She was Utah Mother of the Year in 1956. Her collection of historical stories was compiled and published about 1962 as History of the Iron County Mission and Parowan, The Mother Town.
Extent
3.6 linear feet : 7 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangment
This Collection is separated into three series: I. Manuscripts, II. Subject Files, and III. Personal.
The series of 2. Subject Files is then divided into twelve subseries, and 3. Personal is divided into four subseries.
1. Manuscripts
Series II. Subject files is then divided into the following subseries
2. Subject Files
a. Biographical Sketches
b. Buildings
c. Celebrations
d. Cities
e. Correspondence
f. Historical Narratives
g. Entertainment
h. Industry
i. Iron County
j. Military
k. Personal Notes
l. Religion
III. Personal is divided into the following subseries
a. Clubs and Organizations
b. Correspondence
c. Family Narratives
d. Personal Documents
Accession Information
Donated by Luella Adams Dalton. Additional items were donated by her grandchildren in 2025.
Separated Materials
The following books were removed from the collection in 2025. This was due to the fact that there were other copies of the items already existing in the cataloged collection and university archives.
College of Southern Utah Course Catalog, June 1953
History of the Iron County Mission and Parowan, the Mother Town by Luella Dalton.
Some Dreams die: Utah's Ghost Towns and Lost Treasures
History of Parowan Third Ward: 1851-1981
Processing Information
This finding aid was created by the Special Collections Staff, Gerald R. Sherratt Library. It was originally created in 1998, and reprocessed in 2023 by Special Collections Staff. Collection was reprocessed, series reassigned when additions were added to collection in 2025.
- Title
- Luella A. Dalton Collection
- Author
- Special Collections Staff
- Date
- 2025
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives Repository